Kids Walking Through Our Yard to Catch the Bus
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Anonymous
This. And if you put up a fence they might still think you are a duck. |
Anonymous
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We have the exact same situation only there is also a public bus. We don’t care. We’re happy our neighbors don’t have to walk an extra 10 mi utes in the morning when they are in a hurry or the evening when they’re tired. We’ve been here for 16 years. Everyone feels the same - we go through their yards when we want to take a walk so we can avoid the busy streets. My kids also did she. They walked to ES and to friends’ houses.
I just can’t imaging not being neighborly. |
Anonymous
| The only thing you could do is put up a fence. If you say anything, it will make you look bad. |
Anonymous
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Get a dog and fence your yard. If they complain say that you need the fence for the dog. That way it isn’t a fence just to be a jerk.
Option 2 - ask for the cul de sac parents to pay for a walkway or pavers before your yard is a muddy mess. |
Anonymous
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Fence.
You could also call the school bus people and try to convince them to change back to the old stop. |
Anonymous
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Options:
1) Let them walk through. Say nothing and seethe quietly. 2) Put up a fence. Expect others to start gossiping about you unfavorably. 3) Talk to the District about changing the location of the bus stop. Tell them it adds a huge walk for the kids and how this is dangerous during bad weather. |
Anonymous
| Since we are only talking about the kids from two families walking across your lawn briefly in the morning and afternoon, I would let it go in the spirit of neighborliness. If a busload of kids were going across my lawn, I’d feel differently, but what you describe should not ruin your lawn. |
Anonymous
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OP here. I'm worried because our yard gets very swampy/muddy sometimes in the winter and it's on an incline which can be slippery when it freezes. From a family member's experience it's all well and good to say "nobody will sue you" but their insurance company might not agree when it comes time to pay medical bills. I think injury is unlikely but it worries me ESPECIALLY with kids I've never seen before and whose parents I don't even know (the "guests" of the kids who live there).
The neighbor we know less well has had issue with other people crossing through THEIR yard in the past and was annoyed with our kids for being in their yard before so it rubs me the wrong way that they think they can just let their kids walk through our lawn without even asking. And maybe that's the crux...I'm annoyed that they haven't even asked and the kids just keep trudging through our yard.... |
Anonymous
| Just fence your yard in. |
Anonymous
This sucks. You need a fence. Alternatively you could try to landscape in the spring right after school gets out. Make a border of evergreens or something. If all else fails a motion activated sprinkler solves this problem too. |
Anonymous
| Lucky you! I am so sad my kid probably won’t have any overnight trips this year or even next (judging by how everyone is scared of even the slightest possibility of covid...) |
Anonymous
| Oops sorry wrong thread! |
Anonymous
| It is rude and its a parenting issue. Get a fence. |
Anonymous
| Baffled. Grew up with everyone running/walking through yards and in and out of people's houses. I'm sorry, I just don't get the issue (grass, being sued etc) being more than a passing thought. Then on to what to make for dinner. |
Anonymous
| Wow, this is a sad post even for dcum and the dc area. You are not very neighborly, OP. |